Winding device



J. E. LONG WINDING DEVICE May 19, 1925.

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J. E. LONG WINDING DEVICE FiledjDec. 1'7, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN E. LONG, F HAVELOCK, NEBRASKA.

\VINDING' DEVICE.

Application filed December 17, 1923. Serial No. 681,200.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Jenn E. Lone, a citizen of the United States, residing at Havelock, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful lVinding Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple device, adapted to be used in connect-ion with a motor truck or an automobile, for winding cables, the device being of peculiar utility for excavating, loading and unloading, and for many other purposes which will suggest themselves readily to the user.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

WVith the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description pr ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, assembled with a motor truck, parts being broken away; Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Figure 3; Figure 3 is a top plan; Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 44 of Figure 3; Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 3; Figure 6 is a section showing one of the guide rollers and its mounting.

In carrying out the invention there is pro vided a frame 1, including longitudinal sills 2, connected by a rear cross beam 3, an inter mediate bar 4, transverse bars 5 and a forward member 6, the bars 5 projecting laterally beyond the sills 2. A longitudinal brace 7 is located between the sills 2 and is mounted at its ends on the intermediate bar 4 and on the forward member 6.

End bearings 8 are mounted on the transverse bars 5 outwardly of the sills 2. An intermediate bearing 9 is mounted on the longitudinal brace 7. In the bearings 8 and 9, a transverse shaft 10 is journaled, the shaft carrying clutches 11 located closely adjacent to the end bearings 8 and inwardly thereof.

Drums 12 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 10, the hubs of the drums 12 being provided at outer ends with clutches 14, adapted to cooperate with the clutches 11 on the shaft 10, when the drums are moved outwardly. The inner ends of the hubs of the drums 12 are equipped with circumferential grooves 15, adapted to receive the straps 16 on levers 17, pivoted at 18 on a fulcrum arch 19 extended between blocks 20 supported on the intern'iediate bar 4. The levers 17 are adapted to be engaged with keepers 21 'arried bya cross piece 22 supported by cleats 23 on the forward member 6, the levers 17 having sufiicient resiliency, in a vertical direction, so that they may be engaged with the keepers 21 and be disengaged therefrom atthe will of an operator.

An arched support 24 extends transversely of the frame, the ends of the arch being overlapped on the bearings 8. Certain of the securing elements 25 which connect the bearings 8 to the transverse bars 5 may be used to retain the ends of the arch or support. Pairs of vertical axles 26, which may be bolts, are mounted in the arch or support 24 and in the bar 5 which is innnediately therebeneath. Rollers 27 are journaled on the axles 26 and are located between the said bar 5 and the arch or support '24. Flexible elements 28, such as cables, extend between the rollers 27 of the axles, and are wound about the drums 12.

The device described up to this .point may be mounted on or connected to a motor truck, an automobile or the like, in a wide variety of ways, and it is not possible to show all of them. One way of assembling the device with a truck has been shown in Figure 1, and in that figure, the frame of the truck is designated by the numeral 29, the rear axle 30 being supported at 31 in any desired way, the rear wheels appearing at 32. Sprocket wheels 33 are secured to the rear axle 30 in any suitable way, and, if desired, the sprocket wheels 33 may be connected to the rear wheels 32 of the vehicle. Sprocket chains 34 cooperate with the sprocket wheels 33 and with sprocket wheels 35 on the ends of the shaft 10. Through the instrumentality of clamps 3G or the like, on the forward ends of the sills 2 of the frame 1, the frame may be connected to the rear axle housing of the truck, the rear end of the frame 1 resting on the surface of the ground indicated at 37, the frame 1 slanting downwardly and rearwardly as shown clearly in Figure 1 of the drawings. The truck is blocked up as indicated at 38, so that the wheels 82 may rotate out of contact with the ground. The frame 29 of the truck may carry a seat 40 as shown in Fig ure 1, and may carry, also, a foot rest 39.

The operator, occupying the seat 40, swings the levers 17 on their fulcra 18, in horizontal direction, the levers being sprung vertically into and out of engagement with the keepers 21. VJhen the levers 17 are moved horizontally, the drums 12 are moved horizontally, and the clutches 1 1 on the drums, clearly shown in Figure 3, are brought into and out of engagement with the clutches 11 of the shaft 10. In this way either of the drums may be coupled to theshaft 10, at the will of an operator. Rotation is imparted to the shaft 10 by way of the sprocket wheels 35, the chains 84 and the sprocket wheels 38 on the power-driven rear axle of the truck. The flexible elements or cables 28 may be wound on the drums 12, or may be permitted to pay off the drums, as occasion may demand. The flexi ble elements 28 run between the rollers 27 on the axles 26 and are guided thereby with respect to the drums 12.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1- 1. In a device of the class described, a frame, a shaft journaled on the frame intermediate the ends of the frame, clutches carried by the shaft, drums journaled on the shaft and having clutches adapted to engage with the clutches of the shaft, the drums being movable on the shaft longitudinally thereof, the drums being adapted to have flexible elements wound about them, an arched support carried by the frame, pairs of rollers journaled in the support, the rollers of the pairs being adapted to have flexible elements extended between them, levers fulcrumed on the frame and extended through the support, and means carried by the levers for shifting the drums longitndinally of the shaft.

2. The combination with a truck including a rear axle housing and a power-driven shaft journaled in the housing, of means for supporting the truck out of contact with the ground, a sprocket wheel on the axle, an inclined frame connected atone end to the housing and adapted to rest at its other end on the ground, a transverse shaft journaled on the frame, a sprocket wheel carried by the shaft on the frame, a chain forming an operative connection between the sprocket wheel on the shaft on the frame and the sprocket wheel on the axle, clutches on the shaft, drums slidable on the shaft and having clutches adapted to cooperate with the clutches on the shaft, the drums being adapted to have flexible elements wound about them, and levers fulcrumed on the frame, the levers having means forengaging the drums, to move the drums longitudinally of the shaft, thereby to engage and disengage the clutches of the drums with the clutches on the shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J OHN-E. LONG.

\Vitnesses:

CLYDE G. PINKERTON, CLARENCE E. SUMMERS. 

